Eat Pray Love and Lustrous Hair

    Ive been really wanting to see Julia Roberts new film "Eat Pray Love". She did such a great job playing Erin Brockovich, I'm positive she will portray Elizabeth Gilbert very well. If you didn't know the film is directed by Ryan Murphy who also directed the very successful "Glee". The film is about a woman that has everything woman are supposed to have in life, yet shes not happy. She decides to embark on a journey around the world, on a quest for self discovery. She travels to Italy, India, and Bali. While traveling she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of prayer in India, and finally the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.

 
      While doing my daily googling, which consisted of 2010 bridal trends and the film I cant wait to see "Eat Pray Love", I found an article written by Emily Hebert about the Secret holistic beauty tips from Italy, India, and Indonesia.One of which was titled "Score lustrous hair" and I decided to share!!
 
      Pratima Raichur, creator of Pratima Skin Care, says that massaging the face, body, and hair with aromatic oils made from fruits, herbs, and spices can have a profound effect. “The word for oil in Sanskrit, sneha, means love,” says Raichur. “Anointing the body with oils on a daily, weekly, and seasonal basis is one of the most nourishing and best anti-aging therapies you can do for yourself.”
In particular, massaging the scalp with oil is the secret to getting an ultrashiny mane like model Lakshmi Menon. “My mother taught me to use organic coconut oil as a treatment,” the runway star once told ELLE. “It makes my hair feel luxurious.”
    “Hair oil massage is one of the key beauty rituals in India,” says Purohit. “Most women will get a hot oil hair massage twice a week. If you want to do it yourself, wrap your hair with a hot towel after massaging, read a newspaper during breakfast, then take a shower to shampoo.”
Purohit says that massaging strands with oil stimulates the scalp and helps remove product buildup. And, unlike a spray that “just sits on top of the hair,” massaging roots with oil ensures that all the nutrients are absorbed. Popular hair oils in Southeast Asia include coconut, almond, sesame, and amla (Indian gooseberry).
Source : Eat Pray Love- Holistic beauty tips 

I have always heard about the magic of olive oil, let me know if you try it out and how you liked the movie!

All about the stylist

Ever since I was a little one I have had a love for hair. Technically I have been a hair stylist for 20 years. Of course my only clients were Barbie’s and dolls for the first 4. When I was 5 I chose my baby sister to be my first genie pig. I didn’t do to bad, and she looked pretty cute with an extremely short bowl cut with lots of artistic texture. It was right after that when I started telling my family I wanted to be a ‘hair stylist in Hollywood’. When I got older I went through a short stage of wanting to be a photographer then it changed to a massage therapist. My true passion stayed near by and in my freshman year of high school my guidance counselor informed me that in my junior year of high school I could apply to go to cosmetology school. When the time came I was absolutely thrilled. To be accepted you had to have good grades and write a long paper of why you should be chosen. Although English was never my strongest subject, I wrote about my love for hair. On August 16^th of 2006 I graduated top of my class at Maricopa Beauty College. My favorite part of being in the salon would have to be color, but I could never let go of cutting and shaping. To see the look on peoples face after you have given them a complete hair make over is one of the best feelings in the world.

After a few years of building a clientele, I opened my first studio salon. Such a great experience at 20 years old, I learned a lot about running a business. In February of 2009 I did hair for my very first photo shoot and was opened to a whole new world. A week later I was asked to participate in a Fascinations fashion show. I really enjoyed the thrill and challenge of being behind the curtains and having to complete 10 models hair in such a short time frame. For the next few months I built my portfolio doing various photo shoots with multiple photographers and make up artist and grew as a hair designer, spraying and sculpting hair into whatever sculpture I wanted. I was ready to accomplish anything that was thrown at me. Three years after graduation, August of 2009, I was introduced to the making of a film, my true love. Love at first site. I worked with Synthetic Human Productions on a short film that won awards from multiple film festivals. I then ended the year with my first six page magazine spread in Phoenix Woman magazine, my first cover on Your Health magazine, and a fashion show with three designers from Scottsdale fashion week. Fortunately it didn’t end there, I started 2010 with another cover of Your Health magazine and became a contract hair stylist for a bridal company. With them I have done tons of wedding party’s, I really enjoy making a bride feel beautiful,  and hair for Fox news and Sonoran Living. I also was able to do hair for a small clip of a movie produced by Temple Hill entertainment, which will be out in summer of 2011.

In my personal life I am madly in love and have been married to the man who completes me, for 3 amazing years. Turns out hes in the film industry and dreams of making his own films. So I just might be "a hair stylist in Hollywood" one day haha. Going to a movie has always been something I enjoy. When I go I guarantee you I can describe every characters hair when its over. My passion tends to really get in the way during a period piece film and I have a hard time paying attention to whats going on. There is something about how clean and historically accurate the hair styles are that inspires me. 

I have many many years ahead of me and I hope to accomplish any thing that I want. Challenges are thrilling, why stop at what you know. Life is what you make it and I want mine to be an adventure.